Which effect dominates when solid catalyst surface area decreases during a reaction operating at otherwise constant conditions?

💡 Explanation

When a solid catalyst's surface area decreases, fewer active sites are available to facilitate the reaction, causing a reduction in the reaction constant because the number of successful collisions between reactants and the catalyst is reduced. Therefore rate constant is reduced, rather than changes to activation energy, equilibrium, or order, which depend on other factors.

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